Am I correct in assuming that I will be fine to leave the exhaust on (it didnt remove the stock cat). Would I also be able to leave the lip on or would I have to remove that? I Would like to keep it purely for aesthetics. Any recommendations for decent wheels and tires. I plan to take off everything i need to return to stock and then invest the rest of the money into a helmet and a decent starting setup for my car.

the main reason i want to "start from stock" is because I am not really happy with the path I ended up going down as far as modifications. If i go back to stock I can do a good bit of much needed maintenance on my car with money from selling all my upgrades as well as spend some money to fully set my car up for stock class. Im a college student right now so money is pretty slim and I dont think ill be able to come across what i need to do the maintenance otherwise.

Well according to stock class "rules" it is supposed to be the lowest cost class to race in. In general Autocross is supposed to be the lowest cost form of racing but go check out the guys that trophy and win at nationals in the stock classes, they by far are not spending minimally

But the classes are setup to build one on top of the other and you can work on your driving of your car as you progress up to the more “pre-pared” classes. Ever since I have started autocrossing, I have told anyone thinking about getting into it to run your car bone stock first. So I think you would definitely benefit from, essentially starting over and building your skills from the ground up.

Thanks a bunch everybody. Im going to go back to stock setup with some kyb adjustable and leave my catback on. Look forward to my first trackday. Maybe ill see some of you out there if anybody is near Richmond.

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